Ebola dead piled up in hospital
Health officials in Sierra Leone discover scores of bodies in a remote diamond-mining area, raising fears that the scale of the Ebola outbreak may be underreported. BBC News – Africa
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Bush ‘fully informed’ of CIA methods
President George W Bush knew all about CIA interrogation methods, says his vice-president, dismissing a Senate report as “full of crap”. BBC News – US & Canada
US Senate passes Venezuela sanctions
The US Senate backs a bill which would impose travel bans and economic sanctions on Venezuelan officials found to have violated protesters’ rights. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Israel’s Gaza strikes ‘war crimes’
Israeli air strikes on high-rise buildings in this summer’s conflict in Gaza amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International says, in a report criticised by Israel. BBC News – Middle East
Energy customers told to reclaim cash
Millions of energy customers who have money left in old accounts are being given further encouragement to reclaim it by the energy industry. BBC News – Business
Ofsted warning on secondary schools
Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw will say that secondary schools are not making enough progress, in the education watchdog’s annual report. BBC News – UK